afternoon. good afternoon, everyone, i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. we begin with police searching for a man with a shotgun and a hammer. >> news4's tracee wilkins joins us live from the scene with the latest. trace see, what can you tell us? is. >> the parkway is open again, lots of commuters happy about that. traffic is moving freely, but for hours, more than three hours, the parkway was shut down while they looked for a suspect. let me show you the vehicle that's at the center of this investigation. it was a white jeep, parked on the side of this construction zone. the purpose of that jeep, it was there to actually catch speeders coming through the work zone. they had a contracted worker sitting inside of that jeep, and that was his job. as he was doing that today, some strange man walked up and banged on the back windshield of his vehicle with a shotgun. then police say the man then approached the front of the jeep, and began banging on the front windshield with a hammer

until he broke the windshield, putting at least two holes in the front windshield there. the worker crawled out, got over to the side of the jeep, protected himself as the man began to yellin coherently, and as quickly as he appeared, he disappeared back into the woods. according to police, he never fired that shotgun. the worker was not hurt. there were people who were coming down the bw parkway and saw all of this happening, calling police. some of them actually pulled over into the side of the road and then spoke with police about what they saw, so they have some additional witnesses. but, again, never found that suspect. they're saying now that that man is still, they believe, somewhere in the area, but they did feel that it was okay for them to go ahead and open up 295. they had more than 50 officers out here from three different police departments searching for this suspect. they're saying that it just does not appear that he is immediately in the 295 corridor any longer, but, again, they are still looking out for him. and asking folks who possibly see this man to give police a call. they say he is a white male,

approximately 60 to 65 years old. 5'8", 150 pounds, wearing a red and blue possible flannel shirt and blue jeans. again, at the time he was carrying a shotgun and also a hammer. the good news here, no one was injured. but, of course, they want to find this spchlt tracee wilkins, live this morning just off the bw parkway. back to you all. >> frightening afternoon there. trac tracee, thank you. now to the latest in the casey anthony trial. her sentencing is set for tomorrow morning at 9:00. >> an alternate juror says he feels compassion for the young woman, and hopes she will get help. nbc's jay gray reports now from orlando. of . >> verdict as to count one, we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> reporter: the trial may be over, but the questions and controversy are not. >> i think that we all wanted the truth. and i think at the end we still don't have that. >> reporter: a truth that

prosecutor jeff ashton fears will never be revealed. >> no, we never will. we never will. because even if -- even if casey got out of jail and wrote a book and said it, i don't know that any of us would really know if we could believe it or not. >> justice for caylee! >> reporter: just as hard for many to believe is how the jury reached its decision. so far, none of the active jurors has spoken publicly since the verdict, but an alternate is now providing some insight. >> the prosecution didn't present the evidence that would have sustained either a murder charge or a manslaughter charge. >> reporter: as casey anthony now prepares for sentencing on the four guilty counts of providing false information to law officers and the real possibility that tomorrow she could be free for the first time in three years, the questions have turned to what comes next. right now, she has everything she ever wanted. she's going to have money, she's going to have people at her doorstep asking for her, wanting her, and she's going to have that partying lifestyle that she

so craved. >> reporter: while there continues to be speculation about television interviews, movie and book deals, ex-fiance jesse grunt feels certain a next chapter in anthony's life will not include a trip home. this afternoon, her parents, george and cindy, were seen leaving the house with a police escort. >> there's no way casey goes back to that household. cindy and casey have had an adversarial relationship the entire time caylee has been alive. >> reporter: just like the trial that unfolded more than six weeks here, so many are still wondering what comes next. >> we should learn a lot more about that tomorrow morning, when casey anthony is back before judge belvin perry here at the orange county courthouse. in orlando, jay gray, news4. >> so much activity on facebook. almost blew a fuse. the twitter-verse erupted, all filled with opinions on that not guilty verdict. >> and we wanted to know what you thought about the verdict on our facebook page. nbc washington results are still pouring in this afternoon. here are just a few of them. julio rodriguez posted, talk

about getting away with murder. i guess jose baez had the jury at hello. >> sanchez wrote, unbelievable, i can't believe this is what our justice system has come to. this little girl will never get justice. so sad. bethany jones is outraged. she posted, she is definitely guilty. while the cops were trying to find her daughter, she was out partying. a real mother would help find her child instead of being drunk and partying. i'm so disgusted. >> and james mary writes, sorry, people, as a law student, not enough evidence. burden of proof, look it up. thanks to everyone who posted a comment on our facebook page today. entenmann's, the company that makes the sweet treats, is having to do casey anthony damage control today. >> yeah, the company tweeted a message around the time of the verdict. it read "who's not guilty about eating all the tasty treats they want?" the not guilty was hashtagged, meaning everyone looking for

that phrase online would find thee thee the entenmann's tweet. the backlash was immediate. the company that handles the twitter account wasted no time apologizing. it says it saw not guilty trending, but didn't stop to figure out why that was. president obama got text-savvy this afternoon for his inaugural twitter town hall. people tweeted him questions about the economy in 140 characters or less, using the hashtag askobama. he in turn answered the tweeted questions verbally in front of a live audience at the white house today. representatives of san francisco-based twitter, inc. decided which questions to post to the commander in chief. topics ranged from small business incentives and task rates to unemployment and job growth. the president was even asked what mistakes he's made handling this recession. >> even i did not realize the magnitude, pause most economists didn't realize the magnitude of

the recession until fairly far into it, maybe two or three months into my presidency, where we started realizing that we had lost 4 million jobs before i was even sworn in. >> the president also says the continuing decline in the housing market hasn't bottomed out yet, as quickly as he expected. he says that's been a big drag on the economy. the new head of the international monetary fund held her first news conference today. christine la guard was elected after a sex crimes arrest forced dominique strauss-kahn to resign. >> now, you might be surprised that i'm here so soon after my election. i thought it was necessary to come back to d.c. very promptly, simply because there are many issues that need to be addressed. and those issues cannot wait for yet another summer holiday. so here i am. and for good. >> christine lagarde is the first woman to lead the imf. she is a former french finance

minister. meanwhile, her predecessor is still sorting through legal issues. today strauss-kahn's defense team attended a meeting at the manhattan district attorney's office for about an hour and a half. afterward, the defense team would say only that the meeting was productive. it was expected that prosecutors might try to persuade strauss-kahn to plead to a lesser charge. but his attorneys have said all along they would not agree to a plea deal. if your summer travel plans include an international flight, you can expect to face increased airport security on the flight home. nbc news has learned that u.s. officials have notified airlines that foreign activititerrorists still working on new ways to attack aviation. they have been talking about surgically implanting explosives in passengers who are flying into the u.s. from abroad. to be clear, there is no indication the plot has gotten

beyond the talking stage. but the transportation security administration is warning that passengers flying into the u.s. should expect a variety of additional screening steps. metro escalator problems are getting worse. the escalators weren't working today at the foggy bottom metro stop. this has become a regular problem for metro riders. news4's melissa melai explains. >> reporter: frustrations over the escalators has been mounting for some time. now this latest report shows in the month of may, more than 100 of the system's 588 escalators was not working. the monthly report looks at whether metro's service is improving, deteriorating or remaining steady. it will be presented to the systems' board of directors thursday. performance is also worsening in several other categories. bus and rail, on-time performance, customer injury rate, up slightly, as well. there is one thing that has increased. the number of inspections completed. that a positive increase, up 8%

over april. metro now is signing maintenance teams to the busiest stations and they promise to fill manager and supervisor positions this month to help with maintenance on the line. riders we spoke with at the foggy bottom stop says metro needs to get these repairs done. >> i have a disability on my right foot sometimes, and if the escalators and elevator is not working, it's kind of, you know, an inconvenience for me to get back and forth to work. >> they try to fix it, but it's still the same problem. nothing works. they try their best, i guess. >> reporter: to take a look at the full 36-page report, go to our website, nbcwashington.com. in northwest washington, medical lace amelai, news4. a morning sprinkle. there could be a chance for some rain tonight, too. >> meteorologist doug kammerer is here to tell us just exactly what to expect. hey, doug. >> hi, guys. some areas picked up good rain in southern portions of maryland and northern neck of virginia also seeing pretty good rain today. from washington to the north and

west, not much at all out there, except for what we saw this morning. 85 degrees the current temperature, but look at the heat index, 92 with a dew point of 73. it is very warm and very sticky. winds out of the south-southeast right now at 12 miles per hour. i actually expect temperatures to go up over the next hour or two. right now, sterling coming in at 86 degrees. but look at hagerstown, martinsburg and winchester. that's where the sun has been out, temperatures there running above 90 degrees. back down to the south, though, fredericksburg, leonardtown, both in the upper 70s, as those are the areas that have seen rain throughout the afternoon. live digital doppler showing rain well to the south and east of the fredericksburg area, but still down towards southern portions of st. mary's county, there may be a couple showers throughout the evening, but all in all, things clearing out. and by tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy skies, very warm, humid again with temperatures in the 70s. rain chances only going to increase over the next couple days. i'll show you when i think we could see the most rain coming up in my full forecast. >> see you in a bit.

thank you, doug. a wife thought she came up with the perfect plan to sneak her husband out of jail. also ahead this afternoon, sign this horse up for the kentucky derby. an eight-mile chase along a highway is caught on tape. plus, she is nicknamed "the black widow" and won the nathan's hot dog eating contest on the 4th. two days later, alexandria's own sonja thomas joins us in the studio to talk about the

this is one foiled jail break you don't hear about often. a woman was arrested for trying to sneak her hubby out of a mexican prison by stuffing him into a suitcase. 19-year-old maria dell mar rivero was arrested after guards noticed her pushing an unusually large suitcase. when they checked it out, they found him cramped inside. he's in the fourth year of a twenty year sentence for possessing illegal weapons. >> that is overstuffed. a horse shut down a local highway recently. it was all caught on tape. take a look here. police say java escaped from his owner's farm in lawrence township, ohio saturday. the 7-year-old arabian ran eight miles before stopping.

that's when his owners gently wrangled him into a trailer. no one was hurt during the chase. police say it's the first time they have ever gotten a call about a horse running loose on the highway. well, here we go. we all heard about it. we've had two days to digest it, should we say. our own alexandria winner here won the first-ever female-only coney island nathan's hot dog eating contest. >> hope you're hungry. sonja thomas devoured 40 hot dogs in 10 minutes to capture the $10,000 prize. the black widow joins us now in the studio. and you don't mind being called that. >> no, not at all. i'm proud of it. >> congratulations for sporting the pep toe belt there. how are you feeling, and how did you feel right after downing those 40 dogs? >> you know what, after i ate, i was so happy, you know, i could do that. because the last couple years, i couldn't reach 40 hot dogs.

i hate 41 hot dogs in 2009. then i couldn't do it after that. at coney island, i ate 34, 35, that's it. and then this year i made it to 40. i was so happy. >> you surprised yourself. >> and it was so comfortable, too. >> now, joey chestnut won for the fifth straight year. can anyone beat him? >> right now, no. because i can beat him at some other different kind of food. >> wings. i think we've got some video of you with wings. >> yes. my specialty is wings, especially. the hot dog is not my best food. but i can do it, but not -- i cannot, you know, compete -- >> and what's your favorite food? when you're just having a meal, how much do you eat, and how do you stay so thin? >> yeah, regularly, maybe when i go to the -- normally i go to restaurant, all you can eat. >> so you have a healthy appetite. >> yes, because i like to eat

salad, fruit, you know, when i go to the buffet. >> they lose money on you. i hope they see you coming. >> can i ask you how much you weigh? because you're very small. >> i weigh about 100 pounds. >> 100 pounds. >> uh-huh. >> and you've been doing this hot dog eating thing for how long? >> nine years. this is nine years straight i've been in the competition. >> wow. and how do you train for it? what's the strategy and technique with it. >> you know, first year, i have to practice. because i don't know how to eat fast. then now i've been doing it for nine years, right, so i don't need to practice, really. and then everything is stomach capacity. because i think probably i cannot -- i don't know, i cannot reach 60 hot dogs in 10 minutes, i don't think so. >> so you practice for speed. >> speed, yeah. >> not for capacity. because you can hold a lot of food. >> yes. 18 to 19 pounds of food, i can hold it. >> well, we know part of your technique is water with a hot dog. we have our last hot dog of the

day here at our nbc 4 commissary. we're going to put you to the test here. one dog, to see how quick it can happen. we have our stopwatch. and water is important. tell our viewers why you use water. >> and a full glass of water, at that. >> oh, man, hot dog is cold. >> well, it's a little cold. >> but you only have one. >> the water is cold, we should warn you. >> okay. >> they give you five seconds to dunk these in water. so we'll start it right after you dunk. >> okay. >> all right. >> go. >> oh, my goodness. wow. we will not -- we're doing play by play, but, of course, we can't ask any questions right now. and she is using water to wash it down. again, this was a cold -- probably not the best of hot dogs after a couple of hours. we ael positive jazz. but, boy, you got that all in

within 20 seconds. now it's down at 27 seconds. unbelievable. i think she is ready for more questions. so when you do this, this is an annual thing. she is ready for another question, look. it has disappeared like a vacuum cleaner. >> we asked you earlier if you're hungry for hot dogs. you still like to eat those. >> oh, yeah. but it's a little bit harder eating hot dogs, but next day, i'm hungry for eating hot dogs. >> and you do take pepto-bismol. >> after, yes. >> not just the sponsor, but it works. >> every year, yes, they do take it, yeah. >> here's to you. >> thank you. >> champion hot dog eater. >> we have cake in our newsroom, too, for dessert. so great to see you, and congrats. >> thank you. >> thank you. and coming up next on news4 at 4:00, celebration in the streets after the olympic bid

announcement for 2018. plus, a disturbing revelation in one state after an

set your calendars and a drum roll, please. we now know who will be hosting 2018, the winter games. >> sound effects. >> the winter games in 2018 are awarded to the city of -- pyonchong. >> they got the good news today during an international olympic committee meeting in south africa. pong chang has been vying to be host for years now. lost bids for the 2010 and 2014 games. today it beat out munich and france. and you can watch the olympics right here on nbc 4. >> but they won't have hot dog eating contests. we should just let you know, sonia is preparing a labor day

wings. we gave her ice-cold water and the dog was an extra long hot dog. she usually downs them in five or six seconds. >> she still gets lots of credit. >> i absolutely love watching those competition and when she first came on the scene, it's like, here is this 100 pound woman beating these guys. and you get guys -- >> you know where it goes on them, but where does it go? >> i have no idea. she says she holds 18 pounds of food? wow. >> truly a champion. >> and the trophy was as solid as she was. i guess i've got to do some weather now. that was really cool. >> the weather is a lot hotter than her burn bun. >> yes. >> the bun was cold. >> how about that forecast? >> outside right now, partly cloudy skies across the area. we are seeing sunshine out there to the north, but down to the south, we still have the clouds, and we do have some rain out there. but most of the rain is now out of the picture. 85 degrees the current temperature with those partly cloudy skies. but look at this.

the heat index, 92 degrees right now. it is very warm, it is very humid out there. and even though the temperatures are below 90 in most locations, we are dealing with the heat index above 90. but look back to the west where we have seen some sunshine. winchester at 90 degrees. 91 in martinsburg, 09 in hagers town. 80 baltimore. 78 leonardtown. 79 in freds rehabilitationburg. as far as the rain is concerned, well down to our south. southern portions of st. mary's county, that's really it. eastern shore may see a couple more showers, parts of the northern neck, but that's really it this evening. i do expect, though, the rain to return tomorrow. and it all has to do with that same front that's just been sitting down to our south over the last couple days. there is richmond. richmond has been pummeled today with a lot of rain. and that's what we could see tomorrow. some areas tomorrow could see very heavy downpours all along that frontal boundary. and then we'll watch yet another front move down during the day tomorrow and into friday. friday could even be wetter, and i think friday, just about

everybody could see at least some rain as the area of low pressure forms along that frontal boundary, it will be warm, humid, but not quite as warm as i think temperatures will be held down on friday because of the cloud cover. this evening, partly cloudy, quite humid, 86 to 82 degrees as temperatures will be falling. tomorrow morning, mostly clear, warm and humid. 67 to about 74 degrees, a very warm start to our thursday as we move on through the day on friday. 87 to 9 2 degrees, partly sunny, hot and humid with scattered showers lightly. you may not get one, but i would be surprised if maybe just a couple down the miles down the road it was raining heavy. 84 on friday as we cool things down a little bit. 06% chance of rain. and then look at this weekend, saturday and sunday, right now, looking great. a little bit lower in the way of humidity. temperatures still upper 80s to around 90 degrees. so for the forecast, the weekend is looking awesome. >> thank you, dow. still to come at news4 at 4:00, the final flight on "atlantis" is in serious

jeopardy. we'll tell you why.

and welcome back, everybody, at 4:30, i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. here's what's happening at this hour. >> casey anthony may be spending her last full day in jail after being acquitted on charges she

murdered her daughter caylee. anthony returns to court tomorrow. she was found guilty of four misdemeanor counts of lying to investigators. each carry a maximum sentence of one year. it's possible the judge could sentence her to time already served. international travelers flying into the u.s. are being told to expect additional screening. the tsa has warned airlines that foreign terrorists have been talking about ways to surgically implant bombs in passengers to attack flights bound for the u.s. there's no indication the plot has moved past the talking stage. the daily llama and 100 invited guests are gathering for a buddhist ritual blessing at the verizon center. of it's an historic event that will draw followers nationwide. the daily llama is one of the most respected spiritual leaders in the world. stocks gained. investors trying to shrug off a

setback in the u.s. service sector. health care providers reported the weakest results. the dow gained 56 points to close 12,626. the nasdaq was up 8 to close at 2834. and the s&p 500 ended just a point higher. well, the duke and duchess of cambridge continue their tour of canada this week. their schedule has been jam-packed since they arrived june 30th. but today they gave up some of their downtime. >> they tweaked their itinerary a bit to include a stop in a town recently ravaged by wildfires. kevin tibbles has the story. >> reporter: the royal tour took a detour today, an unexpected stop in the town of slave lake, alberta. that's a town that was ravaged by forest fires in the month of may. the entire town, 7,000 people, had to be evacuated, and the prince and duchess wanted to essentially say thanks to the rescue workers. as we know, he is an emergency helicopter pilot. they wanted to thank those people and the people on the ground who spent so much time fighting this fire.

yesterday, they were in yellow knife northwest territories. they even tried their hand at canada's passionate sport love, which, of course, is hockey. unfortunately, the prince failed to score a goal there. the next trip, they're going to be spending a day by themselves in a quiet place, a private lodge, and then they're going to be coming down to the biggest rodeo on earth, the calgary stampede. going to be a lot of cowboy hats, cowboy boots and pancake breakfasts and the royal newlyweds are going to be taking part in the stampede parade, which goes right through the center of town. it's going to be some exciting wild western times for the duke and duchess of cambridge. kevin tibbles, nbc news, in calgary. actor hue grant kicked off a campaign today against phone hacking in the u.k. followinging a scandal that's mocked the british media. british tabloid "news of the world" is facing accusations of

hacking into the voice mails of crime victims, one a 13-year-old who was found murdered. the activity on her voice mail gave her parents false hope she was alive. families of the london train bombings were also told they may have also been hacked. >> during this investigation, they come across a file with my name, my home address, my ho home landline and other phone numbers. and the police let me know they found this in the possession of the private investigator who made all of these alleged phone hackings. >> the british prime minister has called for a full investigation, and hugh grant has been called as a witness into the probe. an official report on widespread cheating scandals in atlanta now makes it clear it may be the worst ever in u.s. public school history. >> the 800-page report says former superintendent beverly hall either knew or should have known how pervasive the conduct

was. cheating was found in more than three quarters of the schools investigated. the report says educators helped students or changed their answers once exams were handed in. and some principals would intimidate anyone who dared think of blowing the whistle. jury selection is under way today in northwest washington county in the trial of baseball legend roger clemens. the former pitcher was silent as he walked into federal court this morning. attorneys are busy questioning 125 washington residents. clemens is accused of lying to congress back in 2008 about taking performance-enhancing drugs. he is charged with six felony counts. each carries a maximum of 30 years in prison. the trial is expected to take at least a month. the creator of the duke and diet lost a libel suit in

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when we come back. the weather is not cooperating for the last space shuttle launch. now forecasters are saying there is a 70% chance that rain or thunderstorms will prevent "atlantis" from flying. that's worse than before. but nasa is still expected to approve friday's launch. "atlantis" is scheduled to take off 11:26 a.m. friday. as many as 1 million people are expected to watch at cape canaveral. this will be the 135th and final

mission of nasa's 30-year shuttle program. well, for one actress, a dash of salt and a tourist meant a big payday. >> while another is still living high off "sex in the city" and the line of perfumes. angelina jolie and sarah jessica parker are tied for the top spot in the annual "forbes" magazine list of highest paid actors. both took in $30 million may to may from last year to this year. jennifer aniston and reese witherspoon are close behind. >> they're tied for third, banking a cool $28 million. julia roberts rounds out the top five. and barely making the top ten this year, sandra bullock, who dropped from the top spot last year. these days, bullock is bringing in only $15 million a year. >> must be tough. >> that's with an oscar under her belt. when news4 at 4:00 continues, thousands of jelly fish could impact the power supply. plus, he was in three wars,

but why to jump

out of a plane. a jellyfish invasion could force a nuclear power station in israel to shut down and entire cities could be without power. tons of jellyfish are flowing into that station, which uses

sea water for cooling purposes to filter the water. workers say they're getting stung by the jellyfish. authorities don't know what's causing this migration to the israeli coast. >>, they hurt. yeah, they do. if you've ever been stung by one. >> yes. >> yes. >> a few times. >> that makes two out of the three of us. well, you were talking during the break about some spectacular video that we saw out of the southwest today. >> out of phoenix. i talk to school kids all of the time and i say i love doing the weather in an area like this, because we can see just about any kind of weather imaginable in our area from snow to strong winds and high heat. but one thing we'll almost never see is what happened in phoenix yesterday. take a look at this. this is a dust storm that's making its way across the city of phoenix. this happened yesterday. and that is just a cloud of dust. it moves over. look how it moves over the region and just pellets you with sand and dust and debris. airlines had to shut down.

the airport actually had to shut down for some areas. visibility was reduced to near zero in some locations. that, my friends, is simply nasty. wow. as far as our weather is concerned, i could look at that all day long, that's how amazing that video is. this is a better shot, though, as far as our weather out there. we're looking at partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies in parts of the region. temperatures right now, 85 degrees, but the heat index right now at 92. those winds out of the south-southeast at 12 miles per hour. things are very moist. we are very humid this afternoon. look at the temperatures, 90 in hagerstown, 91 in winchester. but to the south and east, cooler. 84 in clinton, 83 in la plata. i say cooler, but watch what happens when you add in the humidity, you get the heat index and look at the heat index right now. it is 92 in the district, 91 in clinton, 91 in manassas, 95 in culpeper and 93 towards martinsburg, so a very warm afternoon and we're going to continue to see that hot and humid conditions right through the next couple days.

the rain right now is well to our south into portions of st. mary's county, but along the northern neck in towards virginia. as far as the rain is concerned over the next couple hours, and really about the next 12, i think we're going to be okay. i think we're going to have a dry evening, a dry overnight period before we do see a better chance of rain tomorrow. so we'll take you through the overnight, through 7:00 tonight. not a whole lot. but watch what happens tomorrow. 7:00 a.m., no rain to speak. i think we'll start off fairly dry tomorrow. but noon tomorrow, everybody has a chance of seeing scattered thunderstorm activity. friday, everybody gets in on the action again on friday. and friday, we could see heavy downpours in some areas. partly cloudy, quite humid, 86, dropping to 82 degrees by 9:00. mostly clear, warm and humid tomorrow morning as we make our way through tomorrow afternoon, 87 to 92 with scattered thunderstorms likely. and i told you that hot and humid weather will lost through friday, even though temperatures are around 84, still humid. saturday and sunday looking spectacular. >> okay. >> all right. thank you, doug.

>> get through those last few days. >> that's right. >> thanks, doug. a veteran navy pilot who flew missions in three wars decided to skydive on his 90th birthday yesterday. >> yeah, get this. he wanted to impress his wife. nbc's aleasha dean has the pilot's story. >> put your arms back. >> reporter: getting suited up for a mission is familiar territory for commander dean, diz-laird. being in the air is like second nature. except for one thing. >> you know, i've been flying since 1940. and i've never had to jump out. although i was very close during the war a couple times when i was badly damaged by anti aircraft fire. i never had to jump out or eject. and i decided, gee, that's something i have never done, and i would just like to go do it.

>> reporter: a decision that put him in the doghouse with his favorite co pilot, his wife. >> and she decided to come and watch it, and i'm glad to get her out of the house. she's pretty much house-bound the last cup he years. and i would do anything, jump out of an airplane, to get her out of the house. >> reporter: the woman he still calls the prettiest girl in town took a front row seat to watch him walk down a grassy runway towards his adventure. minutes later, he took her breath away. something he has done for 68 years. >> here he is, here he is. >> yay! >> yeah! >>. >> reporter: a picture-perfect finish, worthy of the kind of welcome that never gets old. >> welcome home. >> oh, hi, darling. you should have gone with me. >> there wasn't room.

>> you can go next week. >> reporter: fools in love. >> and there will be a next time. >> how sweet. >> yeah, that was alicia dean reporting. command commander laird plans on celebrating his 100th birthday the exact same way. >> big, bold and daring. >> getting her attention, just like he wanted. coming up on news4, children call on the cops. they call them on their father, and it lands him behind bars. a teenager's generosity toward the victims of the tornadoes of joplin, missouri. i'm wendy rieger in the "newsroom." of coming up on news4 at 5:00, live along the bw parkway. investigators search for a man with a gun and a hammer. a employee accused of sexually abusing someone in the summer d.c. jobs program, hired despite his criminal record. a dangerous dust storm as you just saw from doug swept through arizona, and that threat isn't over yet. look at those pictures. and coming up at 6:00, we're learning new details about how

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i'll see you in a few minutes. collected books using facebook and other social media websites. the 13-year-old says she has a passion for reading. way to go. an unusual arrest in utah. where a man is charged with growing inside his home. the suspect was arrested after being turned in by his own children. the salt lake city tribune says police found nearly an ounce marijuana in his home. his kids are 13 and 12. the man is charged with felony child endangerment and possession of a controlled substance. still ahead on news4, facebook's announcement the with

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facebook. the social networking site will now offer video chat capability. the company announced today that it's teamed up with internet telephone company skype. nbc's mark barger has details. >> reporter: facebook's already got 750 million users worldwide, communicating with each other. now the company's founder announced a new way for those users to connect. video chatting through skype. >> we just have this belief at facebook partially validated by the success we've had with platforms so far that independent entrepreneurs or entrepreneurs who focus on one specific thing will always do better than a company trying to do a million things. >> reporter: the concept of video chatting is not new, but simplifying it and introducing into the social networking realm could give it and skype a major boost. >> they really see that that facebook has something they can't get. the engagement level of those 750 million users compared to the say 125 million really engaged on skype.

>> reporter: the facebook/skype pairing comes a week after the world's leading search engine, google, introduced its own social networking site called google-plus. among its features is video chatting for multiple users. facebook's initial video chat offering is one-to-one. mark barger, nbc news. skype has been offering free video calls since 2003. and that's news4 at 4:00. news4 at 5:00 starts right now. tonight on news4 at 5:00, casey anthony may be spending her last night in jail. but where is she going to go, and what's going to be done to keep her safe? drama on the bw parkway as the search ramps up for a gunman. new audiotapes reveal a pilot's split second decision

after a roof rips open in mid air. and thousands migrate to the nation's capital to see the dalai lama. >> good evening, everybody, welcome to "newslinnews4 at 5:0. i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. a mother's tragedy gets even worse. a northern virginia mother free on bond facing charges in the death of her son. police say she left her little boy in the family minivan for seven hours, and it wasn't the first time. jane watrel live outside the courthouse in manassas with today's developments. jane? >> reporter: wendy, this morning, karen murphy turned herself in at this courthouse after being indicted on murder and child neglect charges. with her husband and lawyer by her side, karen murphy headed into the prince william county white house to face felony murder and child neglect charges. murphy is accused of leaving her 2-year-old son in the family's minivan on june 17th. authorities say thdd